MCO to LGA flight delays

MCO LGA Orlando to LaGuardia · 950 miles

15,619 flights were scheduled from MCO to LGA over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 15,136 that made the trip, 73% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.

Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The route in brief

Flights in the window
15,619
Arrived on time
73%
Cancelled
2.5%
Scheduled distance
950 miles

Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.

Airline by airline

Airlines with at least 100 flights on MCO–LGA, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.

Airline Arrived on time Typical delay Cancelled Flights
Delta Air Lines 77.8% 73 min 2.6% 6,345
JetBlue Airways 67% 81 min 2.1% 4,353
Spirit Airlines 75.8% 65 min 3.4% 2,528
American Airlines 67.4% 86 min 2.4% 1,571
Frontier Airlines 69.8% 72 min 2.3% 822

Month by month

July was the month to avoid on MCO–LGA: 58.3% of flights arrived on time, against 80.9% in October. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.

Share of flights that arrived on time, by calendar month. Best month in green, worst in amber. The hairline sits at the overall rate, 73%.
Arrival on-time share, MCO to LGA, by calendar month
Month Share flights that arrived on time Flights
January 76.4% 1,465
February 74.6% 1,401
March 67.4% 1,525
April 77.4% 1,339
May 71.6% 1,176
June 67% 1,069
July 58.3% 1,207
August 67.3% 1,249
September 78.5% 1,145
October 80.9% 1,265
November 79.1% 1,370
December 74.7% 1,408

Both ends of the route

A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.

MCO to LGA in one number

MCO → LGA

When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 76 min.

July 2023–June 2026 · 15,619 flights

73% of flights arrived on time

Questions about MCO to LGA

Which airline is most reliable from MCO to LGA?
Delta Air Lines — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 77.8% of the time, with 6,345 scheduled. JetBlue Airways came in at 67% over 4,353 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
What is the worst month to fly MCO to LGA?
July, at 58.3% of arrivals on time, with 1,207 flights scheduled. October was the best of the year at 80.9%.
How late are MCO–LGA flights when they are late?
76 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
How often is the MCO to LGA flight cancelled?
2.5% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
Are these departure or arrival numbers?
Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at LGA less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.